Episodes

Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Wake Up in The Den w/ Ku'ulei Agbayani (Hour 2) | July 15, 25
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Hour 2 kicks off with some breaking NFL news as Paul celebrates the New York Jets extending their young franchise cornerstones in Garrett Wilson & Sauce Gardner.
The conversation shifts to the hardwood before WNBA All-Star Weekend begins with a star-studded 3-Point Contest field that includes defending champion Allisha Gray, the electrifying Caitlin Clark & record-holder Sabrina Ionescu.
We give updates on local camps and opportunities for fans upcoming for both UH and HPU before closing out the show sending congratulations to Bronson Rivera on signing with a team in the MLB Draft League.

Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Wake Up in The Den w/ Ku'ulei Agbayani (Hour 1) | July 15, 25
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Happy Aloha Tuesday, beautiful people! Ku welcomes back Paul from a quick weekend trip to San Francisco before getting his thoughts from Monday's interview with UH football coach Jeff Reinebold.
The duo recaps the 2025 MLB Draft after eight players with ties to Hawaii saw their dreams of playing at the next level take the next step, including three UH players being drafted.
The first hour closes out with a quick look at the former Hawaii players participating in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

Monday Jul 14, 2025
Wake Up in The Den ft. Jeff Reinebold (Hour 1) | July 14, 25
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Happy Aloha Monday beautiful people! Ku and Michael are joined in studio with University of Hawai'i defensive tackles coach Jeff Reinebold in a jampacked show. Before we get into coach Jeff's backstory, we recap the players from Hawai'i that were drafted in the 2025 MLB draft through the first six rounds.

Monday Jul 14, 2025
Wake Up in The Den ft. Jeff Reinebold (Hour 2) | July 14, 25
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Hour No. 2 with University of Hawai'i defensive tackles coach Jeff Reinebold has us taking a trip down memory lane to coach Jeff's first stint with the Rainbow Warriors which culminated with the perfect 12-0 undefeated regular season in 2007. We also coach Jeff about the upcoming season and the players in his defensive tackles room.

Monday Jul 14, 2025
Sports Rivals: Monty & Ernie | July 14, 25
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Rivals dive into the tension between the Lakers and LeBron heading into year 23! Plus, Cooper Flagg at the Summer League and Monty goes over the top 5 lists for NFL, NBA and MLB! Letʻs get after it!

Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Happy Aloha Friday everyone! Just four more weeks till the start of high school football in the state so Hour No. 1 of today's show is taking a look at some of the top players and games for the upcoming season as Michael joins Ku in studio.

Friday Jul 11, 2025
Wake Up in The Den ft. Gibson Johnson (Hour 2) | July 11, 25
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Hawai'i men's basketball assistant coach Gibson Johnson joins Wake up in the Den for Hour No. 2 on this Aloha Friday as we take a trip down memory lane through Johnson's career as a player at UH before starting his coaching career. We also talk about the team roster for the upcoming 2025-2026 season.
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Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Wake Up in The Den w/ Ku'ulei Agbayani (Hour 1) | July 10, 25
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Happy Aloha Thursday, beautiful people! Ku opens the show solo with Paul stuck in traffic, recapping Wednesday night's Hawaii men's basketball alumni game with head coach Eran Ganot's thoughts on the night and what it could be moving forward.
Paul arrives in time for the second segment and on as we hear from former Rainbow Warriors Kamaka Hepa and Samuta Avea on how the event can grow in future years.
Ku brings up some UFC and Boxing with Manny Pacquiao returning to the ring and Max Holloway getting ready for another BMF battle against Dustin Poirier. The first hour closes out with Paul venting about MLB needing to take advantage of the 4th of July as their holiday.

Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Wake Up in The Den w/ Ku'ulei Agbayani (Hour 2) | July 10, 25
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Hour 2 opens with more recapping of the UH MBB alumni game from Wednesday evening before the duo gets into some of the latest buzz regarding the enforcement of NIL rules and their thoughts on Deion Sanders' suggestion for a salary cap in the NCAA.
We close out the day talking some baseball with rumors swirling of another push from MLB owners for a salary cap ahead of the next cycle of CBA negotiations with the MLBPA.

Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Wake Up in The Den w/ Ku'ulei Agbayani (Hour 1) | July 9, 25
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Happy Wednesday, beautiful people! Ku & Paul open the day talking about the news of Grand Canyon joining the Mountain West Conference one year earlier than expected & the funny reaction from exiting members of the league.
We also chat about the hypothetical of Colt Brennan in the NIL era and if he would stay in Hawaii or be poached by a bigger program after Ku had the discussion with some former Rainbow Warrior athletes.

